Purchasing Manager

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98Job Description:

Purchasing Manager – Midlands – Reputable Hospitality Business – £50K + Benefits  

Job Role:             Purchasing Manager

Location:             Midlands

Salary:                 £50K + Benefits

My client is a reputable hospitality group who have a fantastic portfolio of sites and ambitious plans to keep growing this. 

They are seeking a Purchasing Manager to join their team. The Purchasing Manager will be responsible for managing the procurement function of the group, whilst maintaining and nurturing relationships with existing suppliers and seeking opportunities with new suppliers to enhance the business position across all buying categories.

This is well suited for experienced Purchasing Managers who have exceptional category knowledge and are ambitious for promotion within a fast paced and growing business.

Responsibilities include:

• Analysing brand and supplier performance to KPIs and benchmarking within each market
• Analysing SKU performance and working with the operations team to optimise marketing support and opportunities with suppliers.
• Work with internal & external stakeholders to implement new systems and arranged workshops to discuss requirements with different departments, systems functionalities, and map processes.
• Work with wider teams to support and provide procurement solutions as required.
• Presenting back solutions to internal customers and concluding contracts with suppliers -Develop and implement category strategies and establish strategic relationships with suppliers.
• Identify cost savings opportunities through alternative product and service sourcing and continually challenge the supplier base for innovation and cost optimisation to provide value for money.
• Project management of report migration to cloud-based analytics software.
• Negotiate, Drive and manage rebate program (including financial expectations and impact of change of brands on bar etc).

The Ideal Purchasing Manager Candidate:

• Must have a minimum of 5 years purchasing experience working in a multi-site hospitality environment.
• Have excellent category knowledge.
• Have a hands-on approach with strong negotiation and admin skills.
• Good communication and organisation skills.

If you are interested in having a chat about this role, please forward updated CV’s to Mikey at COREcruitment /

Job Role:             Purchasing Manager

Location:             Midlands

Salary:                 £50K + Benefits

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